Badmaash Company
Four Bombay friends chase wealth and glamour through audacious import schemes until their playful partnership collides with the consequences of organized crime.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- irreverent
- glamorous
- bollywood movie night
- friends night
What critics said
Critics broadly found it an entertaining but uneven Bollywood crime caper, with Shahid Kapoor and several lively sequences offset by predictable plotting and inconsistent execution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Karan, Bulbul, Zing, and Chandu turn an import business into increasingly audacious schemes while the film maintains a glossy, entertaining register.
The four Bombay friends build their enterprise together, but high stakes and criminal success test the loyalty binding them.
The middle-class protagonists seek a glamorous life by transforming an ordinary import business into a risky money-making operation.
The group's schemes carry them from middle-class Bombay into a world of glitz, glamour, high stakes, and escalating risk.
Films like Badmaash Company, and why
Bluffmaster!
shared Hindi crime-comedy energy, ambitious young protagonists, and morally shifting schemes
Players
shared ensemble chemistry, stylish criminal cons, and breezy commercial entertainment
Dhoom
shared friendship-driven crime caper structure and escalating risks beneath comic banter
Movie Details
- Director
- Parmeet Sethi
- Release Date
- 2010-05-07
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (60)
Cast
- Shahid Kapoor
- Anushka Sharma
- Meiyang Chang
- Vir Das
- Anupam Kher
- Kiran Juneja
- Pavan Malhotra
- Jameel Khan
- Shalini Chandran
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Badmaash Company about?
- Four Bombay friends chase wealth and glamour through audacious import schemes until their playful partnership collides with the consequences of organized crime.
- What is Badmaash Company like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Badmaash Company as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Badmaash Company violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Badmaash Company as mild.
- What did critics think of Badmaash Company?
- Critics broadly found it an entertaining but uneven Bollywood crime caper, with Shahid Kapoor and several lively sequences offset by predictable plotting and inconsistent execution.
- Which films are like Badmaash Company?
- Films with a similar feel include Bluffmaster!, Players, and Dhoom.
- How long is Badmaash Company?
- Badmaash Company runs 144 minutes.
- Where can I watch Badmaash Company?
- In United States, Badmaash Company streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
